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bryophyte
Bryophyte (noun) means a plant such as a moss, liverwort or hornwort that has no proper system of veins for carrying water.
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A plant such as a moss, liverwort or hornwort that has no proper system of veins for carrying water.
"And so it was that I was introduced to Len Ellis and the quiet world of bryophytes – mosses to the rest of us."
— Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything (2003)
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Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Bryophyta, formed from Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, "moss") and φυτόν (phutón, "plant") (plus -phyte).
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"bryophyte" (noun) means a plant such as a moss, liverwort or hornwort that has no proper system of veins for carrying water.
